CVE-2013-0238
ircd-hybrid < 8.0.6 - Denial of Service via Negative Mask Parsing
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2013-0238. PoCs published by kingcope.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits CVE-2013-0238, a denial-of-service vulnerability in ircd-hybrid. It connects to an IRC server, joins a channel, and sends malformed MODE commands with a negative crash number to trigger the DoS.
Description
The try_parse_v4_netmask function in hostmask.c in IRCD-Hybrid before 8.0.6 does not properly validate masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a mask that causes a negative number to be parsed.
Exploits (1)
This Perl script exploits CVE-2013-0238, a denial-of-service vulnerability in ircd-hybrid. It connects to an IRC server, joins a channel, and sends malformed MODE commands with a negative crash number to trigger the DoS.